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TRUCK.

No. 551,403. Patented Dec. '17, 1895.

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J. K. PROOTOR.

TRUCK.

No. 551,403. Patented Dem 17, 1895.

ANDREW BYGRKKAM mmo-u'muwhsnmerou 0C,

UNITED STATEs -PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH K. PB'OCTOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THEPHILADELPHIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,403, dated December1", 1895.

Application filed August 19, 1895. Serial No. 559,867. (No model.)

To all whom may concern: which are inserted the tubular longitudinal Beit known that I, JOSIAH K. PROCTOR, a and transverse bars or rods and c,to bind citizen of the United States, residing at the and hold the samein required position. city of Philadelphia, in the county of Phila- B isa caster journaled to a bifurcated 5 delphia and State of Pennsylvania,have inframe b provided with preferably a tapering vented certain newand useful Improvements spindle extending through the body of the inTrucks, of which the following is a specificasting l3, and secured tothe same by means cation. of a cotter-pin Z1.

My invention has relation to a portable ("l and (larc a series oflongitudinal slats or 1o truck for supportingleaf-tobacco, fibrousmastrips connected with the series of uprights terial or other articles;and in such connecby means of the end tubular bearings thereof tion itrelates particularly to the construction and adjustable on said uprightsby means of and arrangement of such an appliance. set-screws (7 Theprincipal objects of my invention are, e and e are spanning wires orrods extend- 6 5 I 5 first, to provide a simple and durable truck ingfrom near the top of each of the uprights having adjustable holders forvarious artia, c (0, and a and held in required position cles and thetruck arranged so as to be readin connection therewith'by means ofcollars ily transported from point to point, and, see a", and at theother ends engaging apertures ond, to provide a truck with simple andefliin the castings B. These spanning wires or 2o cient devices forconnecting the upright and rods e and 6' cross each other in thestructbinding members of the structure with casure, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the ters for permitting of the ready movementof drawings. f andf' are braces extending from the same from place toplace and with braces the uprights a, a a", and c and connected andspanning-wires for insuringasubstantial with the cross binding-bars c bymeans of 2 5 structure being obtained for withstanding the tubularbearings and set-screws to hold said weight of material supportedthereon or thereupright-s firmly in required position, as well from. asto relieve strain upon the other parts of the My invention stated ingeneral terms, constructure. sists of a truck constructed and arrangedin Among the advantageous features of my 30 substantially the mannerhereinafter deinvention may be mentioned, first, that the scribed andclaimed. parts of the structure can be readily assem- The nature andcharacteristic features of bled and taken apart; second, the supportingmy invention will be more fully understood members of the structure canbe readily adfrom the following description, taken in conj usted on thevertical uprights thereof, and, S 5 35 nection with the accompanyingdrawings, third, the brace and spanning rods enable a forming partthereof, and in which-- firm connection to be established between theFigure 1 is a perspective view of a truck uprights of the structure andthe cross-bars embodying features of my invention, and Fig. binding thecaster-tram e, castings or sup- 2 is a view partly in end elevation andpartly ports, thereby insuring an easy movement of 9o 40 in section asto the supporting members adthe casters through the avoidance of unduejust-ably connected with the uprights of the friction or binding of thespindles of said castruck. ters in the said castings B, due to any wantReferring to the drawings,A represents the of substantial posit-ion ofthe parts in the truck provided with uprights a, a a and a", structurewhile in use laden with articles to 9 5 45 preferably in tubular formand bound tobe thereby transported.

gether at the upper ends by cross tubular Having thus described thenature and obmembers a and (0", provided with elbows, anjects of myinvention, what I claim as new, gle or L unions 0, and a The lower endsand desire to secure by Letters Patent, isof the series of uprights areset into sockets 1. The combination with a truck provided o l) of acasting B, provided with end bearings with uprights and longitudinalbars connectb and 19 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, into edtherewith, of a metal casting B, at each corner of the truck providedwith a socket for the reception of an upright and with end bearings forthe bottom longitudinal and crossrods, a caster provided with a spindleextending through the body of each corner casting and afforded a rangeof movement therein, and spanning wires or rods extending from near thetop of each upright, secured thereto and crossing each other and eachsecured to said corner casting, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, With a truck provided with uprights and longitudinalbars adjustablyconnected with said uprights and the uprights boundtogether at the ends at the top of the truck by transverse rods, of ametal casting B, at each bottom. corner of the truck provided with avertical socket for the reception of one of said uprights and endbearings therein for the reception of the bottom longitudinal and crossrods, a caster B, provided with a spindle extending through each castingand afforded a range of rotary movement in its connection therewith andspanning wires or rods extending from near the top of each upright andsecured thereto by a collar, crossing each other and each secured at theopposite end into said casting substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing'witnesses.

JOSIAH K. PROGTOR.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS M. SMITH, RICHARD G. MAXWELL.

